Francis Xavier Morgan | |
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| Born | Francisco Javier Morgan y Osborne 18 January 1857 El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz, Spain) |
| Died | 11 June 1935 (aged 78) Birmingham (United Kingdom) |
| Nationality | Spain, United Kingdom |
| Other names | tío Curro |
| Alma mater | University of Louvain |
| Occupation | Priest (Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) |
| Years active | 1883–1935 |
| Parent(s) | Francis Morgan (father) María Manuela Osborne y Böhl de Faber (mother) |
Francis Xavier Morgan, C. O. (born Francisco Javier Morgan Osborne,[citation needed] 18 January 1857 – 11 June 1935) was a Catholic priest of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, who had Spanish and British dual citizenship. He served for most of his priesthood at the Birmingham Oratory in Edgbaston. Decades after his death, Morgan has become famous as the teacher, legal guardian, and father figure to the fantasy author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien.[1]